Sec. 117. Additional grant programs
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The Act ( 42 U.S.C. 10401 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 313A, as added by this Act, the following: It is the purpose of this section to provide grants to assist communities in mobilizing and organizing resources in support of effective and sustainable programs to prevent and address family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, experienced by underserved populations. The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Program, shall award grants to eligible entities to assist in capacity building for, or planning, developing, or implementing of, culturally and linguistically appropriate, community-driven strategies to prevent and intervene in family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, in underserved populations.
To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall be— a population-specific organization— that has demonstrated experience and expertise in providing population-specific services in the relevant underserved populations; or that is working in partnership with a victim service provider or domestic violence or sexual assault coalition; or a victim service provider that is offering population-specific services for a specific underserved population. An entity seeking a grant under this subsection shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
Such application shall include a description of the targeted underserved population to be served under the grant and how grant funds will be used in accordance with this subsection. An entity that receives a grant under this subsection— shall use the grant funds to support the capacity building, planning, developing, or implementing of programs for the targeted underserved population that— utilize community-driven intervention and prevention strategies that address the barriers to access to family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence services; raise awareness of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence; and promote community engagement in the prevention of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence; and may use the grant funds to— expand collaboration with community partners that can provide appropriate assistance to the targeted underserved populations; and establish linkages with national, State, Tribal, or local public and private partners, which may include community health workers, advocacy organizations, and policy organizations; develop and implement community engagement strategies, including the establishment of community working groups; conduct a needs assessment of a targeted underserved population to determine the barriers to access described in subparagraph (A)(i) and factors contributing to such barriers, using input from the targeted underserved population; procure or participate in evidence-based training and technical assistance for program development, implementation, evaluation, and other programmatic issues; identify or implement promising intervention and prevention strategies; develop a plan, with the input of the targeted underserved population, that includes strategies for— implementing intervention and prevention strategies that demonstrate potential for addressing the barriers to access, raising awareness of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, and promoting community engagement in the prevention of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, within targeted underserved populations; identifying other sources of revenue (besides funds appropriated to carry out this section) and integrating current and proposed funding sources to ensure long-term sustainability of the program carried out by the eligible entity under this subsection; and conducting evaluations, including collecting data and measuring progress toward addressing family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, or towards raising awareness of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, in targeted underserved populations; implement a plan described in clause (vi); collect, analyze, or interpret data appropriate for monitoring and evaluating the program carried out under this subsection, which may include collaboration with academic or other appropriate institutions; collaborate with appropriate partners to disseminate information gained from the program to expand the reach of the information; develop policy initiatives for systems change to address the barriers described in subparagraph (A)(i) or the awareness issues described in subparagraph (A)(ii); and conduct an evaluation of the capacity building, planning, development, or implementation activities conducted using the grant funds.
The period during which payments may be made under a grant under this subsection shall not exceed 5 years, except in a case in which the Secretary determines that extraordinary circumstances exist. The Secretary shall award grants or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with eligible entities that have received a grant under subsection
(b)for the purpose of additional data analysis (in addition to the analysis described in subsection (b)(4)(B)(viii)), program evaluation, which may include evaluating the process used by the program and evaluating the program outcome measures, and dissemination of findings. To be eligible to receive a grant or to enter into a cooperative agreement or contract under this subsection, an entity shall be an organization that— has received a grant under subsection (b); and is working in collaboration with an entity specializing in program evaluation. An entity seeking a grant, cooperative agreement, or contract under this subsection shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. Funds provided under this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds expended to provide services and activities that promote the purposes of this section. Of the amounts appropriated under section 303(e) for each fiscal year— up to 5 percent may be used by the Secretary for evaluation, monitoring, and other administration under this section; and up to 3 percent may be used by the Secretary for technical assistance under paragraph (2). The Secretary shall enable recipients of grants under subsection
(b)to share (including through conferences) best practices, evaluation results, reports, and other pertinent information regarding the programs and projects funded under this section with other entities serving underserved populations. Each entity receiving funds under this section shall file a report at such times as requested by the Secretary describing the activities that have been carried out with funds under this section and providing such additional information as the Secretary may require. The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Program, shall establish a grant program to establish or enhance culturally specific services for victims of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence from underserved racial and ethnic populations and other underserved populations. The purposes of the grant program under this section are to— develop and support innovative culturally specific community-based programs to enhance access to shelter or supportive services to further the purposes of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence intervention and prevention for all victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence from underserved racial and ethnic populations and other underserved populations, who face obstacles to using more traditional services and resources; strengthen the capacity and further the leadership development of individuals in underserved racial and ethnic populations and other underserved populations, to address family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence in their communities; and promote strategic partnership development and collaboration, including with health programs, early childhood programs, economic support programs, schools, child welfare programs, workforce development programs, domestic violence programs, other community-based programs, faith-based programs, and youth programs, in order to further a public health approach to addressing family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence. The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities for programs for the targeted populations to establish or enhance family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence intervention and prevention efforts that address distinctive culturally specific responses to family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence in underserved racial and ethnic populations and other underserved populations. In carrying out this section, the Secretary may award initial planning and capacity building grants to eligible entities that are establishing new programs in order to support the planning and development of culturally specific programs. The Secretary shall ensure that grants are awarded under this section, to the extent practical, only on a competitive basis, and that a grant is awarded for a proposal only if the proposal has been recommended for such an award through a process of peer review. Up to 5 percent of funds appropriated under section 303 and made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year shall be available for training and technical assistance to be used by the grantees to access evidence-based training and technical assistance, including from centers described in section 310, regarding the provision of effective culturally specific, community-based services for underserved racial and ethnic populations and other underserved populations. To be eligible for a grant under this section, an entity shall be a private nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that is— a community-based organization whose primary purpose is providing culturally specific services to victims of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence from underserved racial and ethnic populations and other underserved populations; or a community-based organization whose primary purpose is providing culturally specific services to individuals from underserved racial and ethnic populations and other underserved populations, that can partner with an organization having demonstrated expertise in serving victims of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence. The Secretary shall ensure that information and services provided pursuant to this section are provided in the language, educational context, and cultural context that is most appropriate for the individuals for whom the information and services are intended. The Secretary shall award grants under this section for a 3-year period, with a possible extension of another 2 years to further implementation of the projects under the grant. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to exclude linguistically and culturally specific community-based entities from applying for other sources of funding available under this title. Each entity receiving funds under this section shall file a performance report at such times as requested by the Secretary describing the activities that have been carried out with such grant funds and providing such additional information as the Secretary may require. .
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